Gothamist, when not reflecting on 2009 , was disturbed by a video of a violent fight on a 6 train —a woman who had repeatedly tried to break up the altercation by pleading “please stop” and “don’t do it” was struck in the face. Phillyist took another listen to their...

Illustration by Clayton Hanmer Torontoist selected their city’s Heroes and Villains of the year—complete with some of the coolest original illustrations you will see on the whole wide internet. (Boo NHL and Earth Hour ! Hooray wildlife and Roy Halladay !) Seattlest got what they wanted from...

There are no actual author events this week that we could find, but the Harvard Book Store’s Philosophy Cafe gets together Wednesday and a new Poe exhibit opens at the BPL on Thursday. And that’s it for 2009, it seems. Congratulations, Christmas, for derailing everything! We hope you all...

Image by Mike Cialowicz from photos tagged “Bostonist” on Flickr. Dartmouth apologizes to Harvard after for some extreme heckling at a squash match. [ The Dartmouth ] UMass is another step closer to creating the state’s first public law school. [ Boston Globe ] With massive debt and...

Last week, we solicited reader submissions for the Hub-o-sphere. (Strangely, most emails looked suspiciously like spam.) Send anything you’ve got, and we’ll probably use it. — “Expect the unexpected” and other Autumn safety tips can be found on the Commonwealth’s...

Image by material guy from photos tagged “Bostonist” on Flickr . Bob Pannuto, a retired meteorologist, predicts Boston won’t get heavy snow this winter. [ Boston Globe ] Black Friday happened. [ Boston Herald ] A fire in Brockton forced 33 people out of their homes was allegedly caused...

Gothamist was saddened after seeing why Sad Panda is so so sad . DCist caught up with the dapper gents and ladies who took to the streets in high style for the D.C. Tweed Ride . Torontoist Googled its city . Googled it hard . Seattlest sputtered in disbelief at a grassroots campaign in favor of a proposal...

Image from Wikipedia Gordon Willis Showcase Harvard Film Archive (24 Quincy St, Cambridge) Pennies from Heaven, The Parallax View, The Purple Rose of Cairo, The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, The Landlord Through November 30 Last night, Bostonist had the pleasure of watching the Woody Allen classic...

Do you ever feel like weird shit hapens a lot in Boston? Well, you’re not wrong. Tableseed.com , some kind of weird email system for restaurants, has inexplicably come up with a list of the strangest cities (and states) in the U.S. Boston makes the top ten, coming in at #7 behind (explicably)...

  Image courtesy of MayorsHolidaySpecial.com The turkey’s barely been stuffed and the table not even set, but we’re already scouring the newspapers looking for those wonderful Black Friday circulars! A $50 GPS so your husband doesn’t take that “shortcut”… again ; $10 DVDs to keep the kids...